Chapter 18 The Day of God's Choice
In the Renas Municipal Government, officials from various departments were in a mess in the conference hall. Deputy Mayor Reed Smith grabbed the communicator with an extremely ugly expression, and his empty hand was still holding a facial towel and constantly wiping the cold sweat on his forehead.
He was waiting for a response from the police station.
Fight broke out on Central Avenue in the Rich District, and the mayor's convoy was attacked by unidentified terrorists. The battle was very fierce and the mayor's safety was unknown.
When the deputy mayor learned the news, he almost fainted in front of government officials and journalists from the news agency.
That's Sevit Taros!
If he was killed in Renas, it would be a big problem whether the head on his neck could be kept, not to mention his current position.
The police station, the special dispatch bureau, and even the patrol teams with combat effectiveness that are probably similar to those of the city minions were dispatched under the government's notice.
Even if you spend a hundred lives to save this noble mayor!
"Finally found! Found!"
Before the communicator could hear a sound, a commotion came from the gate.
"What has been found, Master Sevit?"
The deputy mayor suddenly stood up, and the tabletop was trembling because of his violent movements. He even forgot the formal title, and subconsciously used the private title.
Bypassing the table and rushing out of the conference room until he saw the young man standing in the middle of the hall, Reed's heart barely fell, his nose felt sore, and tears almost fell.
"Master Servet, are you okay? Are you injured? Why are you still coming to the city government? I will prepare a car for you to go to the hospital for your injury. I will immediately dismiss the reporters from the news agency here... "
Because of his emotions, Reed was a little incoherent. Donald looked at the old man in front of him, and didn't know for a moment whether he was really worried about Sevit's safety or his position.
"Mr. Reed, I came to the city government to attend the press conference. This attack touched me a lot. I had a lot to say to the people of Renas, please prepare for a press conference for me immediately."
How could Donald go to the hospital at this time? This attack was successful just one part of his plan, and what was next was the highlight.
"You...will continue the press conference?"
Reed was a little puzzled for a moment if he had auditory hallucinations. The person in front of him didn't seem to be someone who could continue to work after being injured.
"Is there any problem? The police station does not save me, and the strange bureau does not save me. Now even you are going to go against my wishes..."
Donald pursed his lips and pretended to be resentful. His voice turned cold and he continued,
"Are you all looking forward to my death and then you can take over Renas naturally?"
"How come you think so...I'll have someone prepare immediately!"
Reed, who heard the anger from Donald's words, was shocked. When he thought about it, he suddenly realized that it must have been the attack on the police station and the strange bureau that had just arrived, which made him have some paranoid thoughts about him.
Yes, if I finally survived but found that the helper who should have come to help would have a different idea, let alone the person in front of me, disobeying the other party's orders at this time was simply seeking death, so Reed chose to obey without hesitation, and ran to the news agency reporter who had not had time to be dismissed as quickly as possible.
"Eve, my manuscript."
Looking at the other party's departure back, Donald turned to Stephanie next to her, holding the plan prepared by Huxley in her hand. In fact, Donald had read it once on the way here, and now he just wanted the latter to help him lead the way.
He didn't know the road inside the city, and Stephanie had already stepped on the spot when she came to apply for the job.
"Mr. Servet, please come with me."
Needless to say, the tacit understanding between Stephanie and Donald was the only one who handed the folder into his hands. After taking the initiative to walk ahead and lead the way.
The door was pushed open, and the originally noisy sound inside disappeared instantly.
Donald glanced at the reporters who had sat in half the room. Most of them had cameras hanging on their chests, and they were holding a laptop the size of a palm in their hands, and walked towards the front desk with their feet.
It was a single podium, and there was no microphone, because the distance between the stage and the stage was no more than five meters, and you could hear it.
At this time, the news agency reporters below were also looking at the Mayor of Renas who looked a little embarrassed and still wore a dark golden ghost mask on his face.
Everyone was waiting for him to speak... Those who could come here were naturally elites in various news agencies. After learning about the attack that just happened, no one wanted to disturb this man who was in the highest position in both nominal and actual status.
"Everyone, I was attacked, my housekeeper was seriously injured by the attacker, my captain betrayed me, and my guards were all killed... Today is an extremely unfortunate day for me."
Without any conventional thanks or opening speech, Donald's opening remark dropped a bombshell at this press conference.
He could see that most of the reporters were in the same place, not knowing whether they should write down the matter.
"Write it according to the truth."
Donald reminded him, and when he saw them start writing, he continued,
"Originally, today's topic was about what happened recently in Renas and some new policies I was preparing to implement, but this attack made me feel too much... I never thought that Renas had been harmed by those greedy borers and looked like this now!"
The reporters below looked up one after another, but they couldn't understand what Donald meant.
"To be honest, it was the saint of the black robe who saved me in the attack I suffered today and told me all the things that were happening in Renas. I regret it now, and it's all my fault... If I hadn't trusted those bastards, how could this happen today? Those Renas' cancers should have been completely eliminated... They died well, and their deaths made me understand that if Renas wants to cheer up now, they must use thunder means!"
These words set the tone for this press conference. In summary, they are three words: scattering the blame, making a name for themselves, and reforming!
First of all, Donald firmly refused to admit that it was himself, that is, Sevit Taros, who caused Renas's current bad situation, but he admitted that he was indeed a little wrong.
What's wrong?
The fault is that he is too kind and actually believes in the evil wolves in sheep's clothing, listens to their lies, leading to the issuance of wrong decrees, which eventually leads Renas to his current state.
Regardless of whether the reporters of the news agency believe this or not, Donald believes it, the most important thing is that the former must be written according to his words.
The reason for doing this is very simple. If Donald wants to promote urban reform, he must not stand against the people. If he is the culprit of the current situation in the city, who will listen to him at the bottom?
For the future of Renas, Donald needs to give the public a "truth" that they can accept.
Secondly, Donald proposed that this time the existence that saved his own life from the terrorist attack was the Saint of Black Robe. When he was surrounded, it was the great and kind god who came and personally helped him kill the attackers.
Why did the black-robed sage who had been killing people save him?
Of course, it was because the sage of black robe knew that Sevit Taros was an innocent deceived person, so he gave him a chance.
Let him survive the disaster in order to correct the mistakes made by greedy capitalists!
This is the chain reaction that can be produced after the attack was successful in Donald's plan. With the result of this attack, Donald once again set off a sage for the Black Robe Saint. This time he proved it as an official identity, and in turn, he used the wide influence of this name among the Renas folk to whitewash his identity as Servet Taros.
He was saved by the gods who were about to save Renas, how could he be an evil person?
Finally, Donald said that he had promised the Black Robe Saint to change the status quo of Renas, so he announced several reforms on the spot at the press conference, which were roughly reflected in the increase of minimum wages, shortening working hours, and improving the living standards of ordinary people.
These were prepared by Huxley, the old housekeeper. Donald memorized them just after reading them once, and now he said them in front of everyone.
And this is not the end. Soon Donald said that he would completely reform the city of Renas and would completely pull the city back from the brink of collapse. As for the specific content, all Renas citizens are waiting and seeing...
In fact, Donald hadn't figured out where to start the reform. It was not that he didn't want to, but that he didn't know the details within the Renas Municipal Government, and he didn't know which channels to implement his plan, so he needed time to prepare, and this was the decision that was most in line with the actual situation.
After all, according to what Donald said, the attack happened today, and his ideas also arose after the attack. If some detailed reform plans were drawn up immediately, it would be suspicious!
In order to ensure that these people don't ask for something they don't know, Donald said almost all the time during the press conference that the journalists below were only responsible for recording what he said.
But even so, this press conference can still be said to be the most special government press conference in Renas so far.
Wait until the reporters left the city government and walked out of the door.
They saw rays of sunlight piercing through thick and gloomy clouds, reflecting everywhere in the city of Renas.
The heavy rain that lasted for nearly a week has stopped at some point, as if even the heavens indicate that something is being changed.
"Day of Reform", "Day of Rise" or "Day of God's Chosen"...
Chapter completed!